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Poem

Aifric Mac Aodha

Poet

For sustenance he wants
only a cat’s cadaver:
prays that its scything
teeth rend his stomach,
 
nausea form a thick
film on his tongue,
the cruel nails poke 
out his eyes from within.

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Ní iarrann sé de chothú
Ach conablach an chait:
Guíonn go mbeadh a ghoile
Á chnaí ag fiacla bioracha,     
 
Go ngreamódh an samhnas
Ina screamhán dá theanga,
Go stollfaí an dá shúil istigh
Leis na hingne crúálacha.        
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Poet

For sustenance he wants
only a cat’s cadaver:
prays that its scything
teeth rend his stomach,
 
nausea form a thick
film on his tongue,
the cruel nails poke 
out his eyes from within.

Poet

For sustenance he wants
only a cat’s cadaver:
prays that its scything
teeth rend his stomach,
 
nausea form a thick
film on his tongue,
the cruel nails poke 
out his eyes from within.
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